The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, published its complete preseason Watch List on Thursday. The list includes 32 of the top quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2014 season. The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowls.

The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting.

"This is always a great time of year with college football ramping up once again," said Archie Manning. "We have a very strong group of 32 quarterbacks on our Watch List this year and we've seen them all in action, but every year there are new guys who jump right in and become stars. That's what makes college football such a wonderful sport - you never know what might happen once the teams get out on the field."

Additional quarterbacks may be added to the Watch List after the start of the season. The list of 10 finalists will be released on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

This year's Watch List includes players from all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences. The Pac-12 leads the way with seven selections, followed by the Big Ten with five and the Big 12 with four. There are 18 seniors on the list while the junior class is represented by 10 quarterbacks. Rounding out the 32 are four sophomores, including Florida State's Jameis Winston, who will look to be the first repeat winner of the honor. In addition to Winston, Oregon senior Marcus Mariota and Baylor senior Bryce Petty are returning finalists.

2014-15 Manning Award Preseason Watch List (2013 stats)

Name, School

Cmp-Att

Pct.

Yards

TDs

INT

QBR

Rushing

Anthony Boone, Duke

206-322

64.0

2,260

13

13

74.1

214 yds, 5 TDs

Terrance Broadway, UL-Lafayette

166-266

62.4

2,419

19

12

65.6

442 yds, 8 TDs

Shane Carden, East Carolina

387-549

70.5

4,139

33

10

73.0

103 yds, 10 TDs

Rakeem Cato, Marshall

298-499

59.7

3,916

39

9

77.1

294 yds, 6 TDs

Connor Cook, Michigan State

223-380

58.7

2,755

22

6

68.9

NA

Cody Fajardo, Nevada

243-358

67.9

2,668

13

3

68.8

621 yds, 8 TDs

Devin Gardner, Michigan

208-345

60.3

2,960

21

11

65.0

483 yds, 11 TDs

Garrett Grayson, Colorado State

297-478

62.1

3,696

23

11

44.9

119 yds, 2 TDs

Connor Halliday, Washington St.

449-714

62.9

4,597

34

22

58.2

NA

Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion

340-486

70.0

4,022

33

8

78.5

348 yds, 5 TDs

Taysom Hill, BYU

236-438

53.9

2,938

19

14

69.3

1,344 yds, 10 TDs

Kevin Hogan, Stanford

180-295

61.0

2,630

20

10

80.5

355 yds, 2 TDs

Brett Hundley, UCLA

248-369

67.2

3,071

24

9

82.3

748 yds, 11 TDs

Matt Johnson, Bowling Green

237-369

64.2

3,467

25

7

70.6

238 yds, 5 TDs

Chuckie Keeton, Utah State

136-196

69.4

1,388

18

2

79.8

241 yds, 2 TDs

Taylor Kelly, Arizona State

302-484

62.4

3,635

28

12

74.9

608 yds, 9 TDs

Cody Kessler, USC

236-361

65.4

2,968

20

7

66.1

NA

Trevor Knight, Oklahoma

79-134

59.0

819

9

5

73.1

445 yds, 2 TDs

Sean Mannion, Oregon State

400-603

66.3

4,662

37

15

74.1

NA

Marcus Mariota, Oregon

245-386

63.5

3,665

31

4

88.0

715 yds, 9 TDs

Nick Marshall, Auburn

142-239

59.4

1,976

14

6

81.9

1,068 yds, 12 TDs

Braxton Miller, Ohio State

162-255

63.5

2,094

24

7

81.3

1,068 yds, 12 TDs

Bryce Petty, Baylor

250-403

62.0

4,200

32

3

86.6

209 yds, 14 TDs

Dak Prescott, Mississippi St.

156-267

58.4

1,940

10

7

85.7

829 yds, 13 TDs

Keenan Reynolds, Navy

68-128

53.1

1,057

8

2

47.7

1,346 yds, 31 TDs

Jake Rudock, Iowa

204-346

59.0

2,383

18

13

62.2

218 yds, 5 TDs

Nate Sudfeld, Indiana

194-322

60.2

2,523

21

9

71.3

NA

P.J. Walker, Temple

152-250

60.8

2,084

20

8

69.7

332 yds, 3 TDs

Bo Wallace, Ole Miss

283-437

64.8

3,346

18

10

72.1

355 yds, 6 TDs

Jake Waters, Kansas State

159-260

61.2

2,469

18

9

66.6

312 yds, 6 TDs

Davis Webb, Texas Tech

226-361

62.6

2,718

20

9

79.7

NA

Jameis Winston, Florida State

257-384

66.9

4,057

40

10

89.4

219 yds, 4 TDs

"We have had the opportunity to recognize 10 outstanding quarterbacks with the Manning Award," said Paul Hoolahan, Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO. "It is truly a great honor for the Allstate Sugar Bowl to sponsor this award and we wish the best of luck to every quarterback and team in the country for another great year of college football."

The Manning Award will be recognizing its 11th winner this year. USC's Matt Leinart was the inaugural winner of the award in 2005, followed by Texas' Vince Young in 2006. Both went on to be top 10 NFL draft picks. In 2007, LSU's JaMarcus Russell earned the award and was the NFL's No. 1 draft pick. Boston College's Matt Ryan claimed the award in 2008 and was drafted No. 3, quickly becoming the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2009, Florida star Tim Tebow earned the honor - he also went on to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. The 2010 winner was Texas signal-caller Colt McCoy, at the time, the winningest quarterback in college football history, who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the draft. Auburn's Cameron Newton earned the award in 2011, prior to being selected No. 1 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. The 2012 honoree was Robert Griffin, III, from Baylor, who was also a top NFL draft pick (No. 2 overall by the Washington Redskins). The 2013 and 2014 winners were also the first freshmen to collect the honor - in 2013, it was Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel, and he was followed by last year's winner, Jameis Winston from Florida State. Both freshmen also collected the Heisman Trophy after their sensational debut seasons.